ARTICLES ABOUT RANCHO MIRAGE BY DATE - PAGE 2

RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - Frank Sinatra married his fourth wife here, Richard Nixon visited to nurse his wounds after resigning the presidency, and now the names of Barack Obama and Xi Jinping are added to the long list of celebrities and political leaders who have trekked to this desert getaway. The late philanthropists Walter and Leonore Annenberg intended their Sunnylands sanctuary to be something of a "Camp David of the West," a reference to the presidential retreat tucked away in the Maryland mountains near Washington.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., June 7 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed on Friday on the need to work together to resolve disputes on cybersecurity, a topic that has become a major irritant in relations between Washington and Beijing. Obama, speaking after the first in a series of meetings with Xi in sun-baked southern California, said he and Xi had recognized it was necessary to establish a set of common rules on the thorny issue.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first meeting since Xi became president in March when they sit down for a June 7-8 summit in Rancho Mirage, California, the White House announced on Monday. The two leaders are likely to discuss ways to apply pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program after a period of bellicose rhetoric and threats from Pyongyang. The United States also has concerns about cyber attacks it says are emanating from China.

May 17 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion and television broadcaster Ken Venturi, a 14-times winner on the PGA Tour, died on Friday at the age of 82 following various health complications. Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame just 11 days ago, Venturi had been in hospital for the last two months for a spinal infection, pneumonia and an intestinal infection, the PGA Tour said in a statement. Venturi's son, Matt, said his father had died in a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, where he had been living for several years.

The Sports Xchange By John Reger, The Sports Xchange Park rolls to Kraft Nabisco crown RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- Inbee Park shot a final-round 69 Sunday and won her second major championship, capturing the Kraft Nabisco Championship by four shots over So Yeon Ryu. Park's four-round total of 15-under-par 273 earned her $300,000 and moved her to second on the Rolex World Rankings. The South Korean, who won the 2008 U.S. Women's Open at age 19, ran away with the final round, extending her three-shot lead to seven after two holes.